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he sat down with anne makovec to give his version of the attack and what he did to keep from getting killed. >> at first i said hell no i'm not going to abandon my ship. i'll fight it out. >> reporter: john will never forget the moments from december 7th 1941 when he was stationed in pearl harbor hawaii. >> and i was on the battle ship uss west virginia, a great big monstrous thing. and i looked out and there i saw a plane headed for my ship. >> reporter: then he felt six torpedoes hit. >> and all hell broke out. the ship began to lift. had great big holes in the port side. fortunately we had an outstanding crew on that ship. >> reporter: he is one of only a few of them left. he's 92 years old but his memories are as sharp as ever. he attended this memorial service on coast guard island this morning. and we sat down to talk about the darkest moments of that day. >> and what i did i would grab the sailors hair and pull it just as hard as i could. if i got a moan, a groan or a sign of life, i would take him out to the other group of sailors to get him medical help. because i didn't hav
he sat down with anne makovec to give his version of the attack and what he did to keep from getting killed. >> at first i said hell no i'm not going to abandon my ship. i'll fight it out. >> reporter: john will never forget the moments from december 7th 1941 when he was stationed in pearl harbor hawaii. >> and i was on the battle ship uss west virginia, a great big monstrous thing. and i looked out and there i saw a plane headed for my ship. >> reporter: then he felt...
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cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is at the machine shop that burned in fremont. and anne, apparently the building is in danger of collapsing. >> reporter: yeah. major structural damage. they now have the building fenced off as you can see here behind me. a lot of black debris in there. part of the roof collapsed. and investigators are expected to arrive here this morning at first light to try to figure out what started this fire. so far they haven't been able to because there's danger that some of the walls could collapse. here's the video from yesterday when this fire was sending up a giant plume of black smoke. it was visible from all over fremont. fire officials say workers were doing some grinding with metal shavings when the fire broke out at c & h enterprises. the company specializes in welding parts. employees rushed to get out after that fire started at 1:45 in the afternoon. >> jay came running into the office. i could see the smoke billowing over the roof to the front and he said, call 911, we have a fire. and it just started getting worse after that. >
cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is at the machine shop that burned in fremont. and anne, apparently the building is in danger of collapsing. >> reporter: yeah. major structural damage. they now have the building fenced off as you can see here behind me. a lot of black debris in there. part of the roof collapsed. and investigators are expected to arrive here this morning at first light to try to figure out what started this fire. so far they haven't been able to because there's danger that...
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Dec 19, 2012
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anne makovec has more on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: arson investigators are here at this storage unit in campbell around the corner from this apartment building behind me. at 1:00 this morning, somebody reported smoke coming from that storage unit when they got here firefighters put out a small fire and found the body of an adult inside. the police won't say how that person died if it's the fire or during the fire. they are calling it an undetermined death investigation not a murder investigation. >> at this point we don't have specific evidence to call it a homicide. we are look at the different possibilities. once we get questions answered we'll be able to better determine what happened here this morning. >> reporter: unit is 6 by 4 feet detached from the apartment building part of a car pot. there is minimal damage to the unit because the fire department put out the fire very quickly. but arson investigators are here and the police are waiting for more information from the coroner as to who this person was
anne makovec has more on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: arson investigators are here at this storage unit in campbell around the corner from this apartment building behind me. at 1:00 this morning, somebody reported smoke coming from that storage unit when they got here firefighters put out a small fire and found the body of an adult inside. the police won't say how that person died if it's the fire or during the fire. they are calling it an undetermined death investigation...
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live in fremont, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> 5:32 now. new this morning a strong earthquake in the ocean off baja, california happened a short time ago at 2:36 a.m. magnitude 6.4. pretty good sized quake. thousands of people felt it near the united states-mexican border in parts of southern california. but no damage is reported. and there is not a tsunami warning. a 4.7 quake hit that same area about 15 minutes later. >>> well, you want to wear those extra layers this morning because it's a bit cold out there. >> my windshield, i had about a half inch of frost on there. had to get some water to kind of get it open. it's cold. >> it is chilly around the bay area to start out the day and now clouds are moving in. there's a chance we could see a couple of raindrops. we are beginning to see a few raindrops show up on our high- def doppler radar. let's check that out. into the north bay that's where most of that activity is, although there's going to be a glancing blow with the system. most of the energy is going to stay off the coast. still,
live in fremont, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> 5:32 now. new this morning a strong earthquake in the ocean off baja, california happened a short time ago at 2:36 a.m. magnitude 6.4. pretty good sized quake. thousands of people felt it near the united states-mexican border in parts of southern california. but no damage is reported. and there is not a tsunami warning. a 4.7 quake hit that same area about 15 minutes later. >>> well, you want to wear those extra...
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Dec 19, 2012
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anne makovec has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a lot of questions right now. i'm in campbell and you can see the storm unit there behind me. the fire department was called here at about 1 a.m. after somebody reported smoke coming from that storage unit. when firefighters got here, they found a body inside. now, they are not calling this a murder investigation. they say they don't know how the person died. the coroner removed the body and will try to figure out what happened here at this small apartment complex in campbell. the police department is here and the arson squad will be reporting soon this morningas well, and get a little more information as far as the damage to the storage unit, not significant. it looks like structurally the storage unit is fine. they are taking the stuff out and trying to find more clues into how this person died. anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> a developing story we have been following out of siskiyou county near the oregon border. northbound interstate five remains closed after a 64-car pile-up last night. the series of crashes started
anne makovec has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a lot of questions right now. i'm in campbell and you can see the storm unit there behind me. the fire department was called here at about 1 a.m. after somebody reported smoke coming from that storage unit. when firefighters got here, they found a body inside. now, they are not calling this a murder investigation. they say they don't know how the person died. the coroner removed the body and will try to figure out what...
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